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How To Get An Agent For Writers, Directors, Or Actors (FREE Checklist)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

20 Dynamic Ways to Come up with Amazing Movie Ideas

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Jason Hellerman

14 Trademarks of Steven Spielberg's Iconic Filmmaking

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V Renée

What's a One-Pager (and Why Do Producers Want It?)

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Jason Hellerman

What Does the Feather Mean in 'Forrest Gump'?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Does the 'Inception' Ending Mean?

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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How To Write A Scene in Your Screenplay

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

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scene

scene breakdown

Jason Hellerman

How to Create Three-Dimensional Characters From a One-Dimensional Character

16 hours ago by Jason Hellerman

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three dimensional characters

one dimensional character

character development

Jason Hellerman

3 Lessons from the 'Smallville' Pilot PDF (Free Script Download)

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Jason Hellerman

How 'The Boys' Exposes What's Wrong with Superhero Culture

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Robbie Janney

Giant Leap Accelerator Creates Opportunities for Asian-Pacific American Writers

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Asian American

asian film

Asian

screenwriting competition

giant leap

Diversity in Film

diversity and inclusion

Jason Hellerman

Why Everyone Hates Your Short (Or Awkwardly Pretends They Haven’t Seen It)

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Oakley Anderson-Moore

What Movie Most Inspires Your Creative Process?

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Jason Hellerman

How Writer-Director Tara Miele Brought Her Passion Project 'Wander Darkly' to Life

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the no film school podcast

no film school podcast

NFS Staff

Authorship and Obsession: The 'Mank' Ending Explained

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Jason Hellerman

Are We All Just Content Creators Now?

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Jason Hellerman

How ScriptHop Will Help Get Your Screenplay Read By the Right People

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podcast

the no film school podcast

no film school podcast

Jeffrey Reeser

3 Lessons from the 'Love Actually' Screenplay PDF (Free Script Download)

4 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

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love actually

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Screenwriting Lessons

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holiday

Jason Hellerman

10 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn from Shane Black Movies (Script Downloads)

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Jason Hellerman

The Best Neo Noir? Read and Download the 'Heat' Script PDF

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Jason Hellerman

What Scripts Landed on the 2020 Black List?

1 month ago by Jason Hellerman

black list

The Black List

Franklin Leonard

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How to End Your Screenplay

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Jason Hellerman

What Are the Best Shakespeare Movie Adaptations?

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Jason Hellerman

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Screenwriting tips

Free Screenwriting seminar

Jason Hellerman

What Lies Beneath: How to Use the Underground in Your Next Film

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Alyssa Miller

How to Strategically Face Your Screenplay's Midpoint

1 month ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Go Inside Aaron Sorkin's Brain as He Explains 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'

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the trial of the chicago 7

netflix

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Jason Hellerman

Would 'Hillbilly Elegy' Be More Successful with a Different Structure?

1 month ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

4 Lessons on Being a First-Time Director from a First-Time Director

2 months ago by Guest Author

Guest Author

What Should Be In Every Scene You Write?

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Jason Hellerman

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Call for Entries! 2017 CineYouth Festival

4 years ago by CineYouth Festival

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Our Judges have spoken!

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

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Made in NY Fellowship

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John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

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Are You an Asian-American Filmmaker in the DMV Area?

3 years ago by Dennis Chan

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2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition ONE WEEK TO EARLY DEADLINE!

6 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

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Calling Directors - THE SHINY LIVESTREAM

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Sell screenplay or make the movie on my own?

6 years ago by Dennis Mirza

writing

directing

Dennis Mirza

Nomad Filmmaker

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30 Minutes movie

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Panasonic GH4

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director/editor/cinematographer/story writer

Where Are All The LA Film People?

6 years ago by Ian

Los Angeles

California

FilmLyfe

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Feedback on my short film

5 years ago by Mark Angelil

Mark Angelil

Film Maker/Graphic Designer

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Filmmaker Magazine Presents: Michel Gondry Masterclass

5 years ago by John Matson

John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

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I've just created my first 'proper' short - please critique!

4 years ago by KC

KC 99

Script Beats

6 years ago by Daniel Neo

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Daniel Neo 88

Anyone else feel this way?

5 years ago by Daniel LLOYD

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SHORE SCRIPTS SCREENWRITING COMPETITION REGULAR DEADLINE 31st July 2016

4 years ago by Justine Owens

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Script Feedback

6 years ago by Robin Nyström

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Web Series

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2019 Short Film Fund Winners & Top 5 Finalists!

2 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

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Ever feel like you're getting a little too ahead of yourself?

6 years ago by Matt Bastos

Matt Bastos

Filmmaker/Writer

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I'd like some feedback on my (very) short horror film - The Knock

5 years ago by Munesh Ramnarine

Munesh Ramnarine

Filmmaker / Actor

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Just Announced: PARTICIPANT MEDIA & PIVOT TEAM WITH THE NYTVF for WORKS FOR PROGRESS

4 years ago by Emily Damron

Emily Damron

New York Television Festival

Lower Tier Screenplay Contests

4 years ago by Brent Kennedy

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Brent Kennedy

Story Teller

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How to Make a No Budget Mockumentary Webseries

6 years ago by Nicholas Waddell

Mockumetary

The Office

No Budget

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Getting Attention from Influencers – My Roger Ebert Story

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

ROGER EBERT

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Toronto film festival

Sundance Film Festival

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Admissions Open for February 2017 Batch at MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE

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MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE

cinematography course

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FILM & TELEVISIONINSTITUTE

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Lunch with Ingrid Jungermann, Creator of F to 7th Web Series

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John Matson

Sales and Marketing Manager

223

Interview / Documentary about my grandmother.

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Peter 8

Filmmaking Motivation Speech for 2016 – Happy New Year!

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Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

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Scriptwriting

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Arby Larano

Filmmaker

Create the Next (Hypothetical) Sci-Fi TV Series

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John Matson

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